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Practice 10A: Prepositions in a Story

Use the word bank below to complete the story. Use each preposition only once. This will force you to
find the absolute BEST choice for each blank.

in past since through toward near
throughout under into of on during
across beside beneath with inside to
at for around after beyond against

Charles had severe problems with allergies. This season in particular, he was having a lot of trouble

them. He kept on sneezing the tissue he carried his hand wherever he went. One

day he had to sneeze three times while he was walking the street. His mom decided to take him

the doctor.

Dr. Smith asked Charles to sit the stool the table. the

appointment, Dr. Smith talked to Charles and examined him. He tested the skin Charles’s arm to see

if it changed color. He made one row of pin pricks, then he made another row the first row. He

looked closely for a reaction the pricks on Charles’s skin. he was done, he told

Charles and his mom that Charles was allergic to a flowering tree that was common their area. He

gave Charles a prescription medication to try.

Charles used to eat his lunch while sitting outside that same flowering tree. It was just right

for him to lean against. However, he realized he could not do that anymore. Ever since he saw Dr. Smith, Charles

spent more time the house until the tree was not flowering. Then his allergies did not bother him as

much.

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